ACTIVITY OF COURTS IN THE KHANTY-MANSIYSK AUTONOMOUS OKRUG TO STRENGTHEN THE LABOR DISCIPLINE OF THE SOVIET SOCIETY IN THE EARLY 1940s

DOI: 10.47026/1810-1909-2021-4-51-58

УДК 94:342.56(571.122)“1940”

ББК Х71– 1(2Рос.–6Хан)6

Aleksandr A. KABURKIN

Key words

the Ostyako-Vogulsky National Okrug, the Khanty-Mansiysk National Okrug, the Great Patriotic War, Soviet authorities, district court, people’s court, eight-hour working day, seven-day working week, absenteeism, tardiness, unauthorized leave, drunkenness at work, punitive policy, criminal penalties

Abstract

The article reflects the peculiarities of implementing the penal and labor policy by the Soviet party and state bodies, including judicial ones in the Ostyako-Vogulsky, later Khanty-Mansiysk National Okrug, their interrelation in the early 1940s. The stages of evolving and forming the administrative-territorial structure in the region are also touched upon. The relevance of the stated topic is noted. In the conditions of the Second World War and on the eve of the Great Patriotic War in the USSR, there were noticeable changes in the social policy of the state, which were conditioned by the needs of the country’s defense. It is known that in the 1930s tensions in international relations increased, there was a threat of an attack on the USSR. Due to this in 1940s the transition to an 8-hour working day and a 7-day working week was carried out in all regions of the country. In the same year, a law was adopted on the judicial responsibility up to imprisonment for unauthorized leave, absenteeism and tardiness as a result of which criminal penalties and the role of punitive, including judicial, bodies were strengthened in the country. The article notes that in the harsh northern conditions, taking into account the vast territory of the district, a significant distance separating settlements from each other, the lack of proper transport links between settlements, it was impossible to properly and promptly ensure proper consideration of criminal cases, which did not allow the territorial judicial authorities of the Ostyak-Vogul (Khanty-Mansiysk) National Okrug to make correct and balanced decisions in a timely manner. However, the judicial authorities of the district played an important role in strengthening labor discipline in the region in the early 1940s.

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Information about the author

Aleksandr A. Kaвurkin – Post-Graduate Student of Russian History Department, Chuvash State University, Russia, Cheboksary (kaa21.777@yandex.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4597-7996).

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Kaburkin A.A. ACTIVITY OF COURTS IN THE KHANTY-MANSIYSK AUTONOMOUS OKRUG TO STRENGTHEN THE LABOR DISCIPLINE OF THE SOVIET SOCIETY IN THE EARLY 1940s. Vestnik Chuvashskogo universiteta, 2021, no. 4, pp. 51–58. DOI: 10.47026/1810-1909-2021-4-51-58 (in Russian).

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